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82-44 243 St., Bellerose, NY 11426
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Obama Administration and US Media Have Brought Us to the Lowest Moral Level
US President Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton shamefully and knowingly lied to the world when they demanded that the Pakistani government release Mr. Raymond Davies. By arguing that he was a US diplomat and therefore immune from prosecution according to the Vienna Convention, they distorted the truth: for Mr. Davies is not a diplomat. In addition, President Obama ordered the US media outlets to withhold Mr. Davies’ position. The stakes of this deceit are enormous. A civilized, humanistic, and democratic state does not distort the truth to justify cold-blooded murder. In defending Mr. Davies, the Obama administration and U.S. media weakened their own claims to speak on behalf of the truth and for democracy globally; and in addition has put in danger the lives of true diplomats who will now be suspect of being CIA agents or contractors.
But while the US media shamefully capitulated to the Obama administration, the working class in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, as well as in Wisconsin, were fighting for an honest, open, and fair government. This latest example of the American media’s willing disregard for its government’s violation of international law occurs at a moment in history when oppressed peoples globally are demanding that governments adhere to their promises.
On Jan. 27, in broad daylight on a crowded public square in Lahore, Mr. Davies shot and murdered 2 young Pakistanis from his car. He then emerged from his car to take pictures of his crime as a souvenir. As horrified Pakistanis gathered to prevent him from fleeing the murder scene until the police arrived, he contacted the US Consulate. Instead of providing assistance to the victims, the Consulate sent personnel to whisk Mr. Davies from the murder scene. While fleeing the scene, these personnel ran over and killed a third innocent Pakistani without stopping to provide assistance. When the Pakistani police arrived, they found automatic weapons and enough ammunition to kill 100 people in Mr. Davies’ car. When questioned, Mr. Davies first claimed that he was diplomat in Islamabad, and later said that he worked for the US Consulate in Lahore. Both statements were false. Mr. Davies is a CIA contractor who used to work for ZX (formerly known as Blackwater). This information would later be published in the Guardian (UK), which also showed that the US President, Secretary of State, and the US media were all aware of Mr. Davies’ real identity from the beginning of the affair. It has also been alleged that the people involved in the death of the third Pakistani never appeared in front of the Pakistani police and were secretly flown out of the country in the airplane of Senator John Kerry.
Pakistani people are conscientious, law-abiding people. When Mr. Davies killed two innocent youth in cold-blood, the crowd of witnesses did not try to take revenge. This says much about the people of Pakistan. Can the same be said of the US government after 9/11? After 9/11, police engaged in practices of widespread racial profiling, illegal arrests and harassments, while many participated in rallies denigrating immigrants and Muslims. The irony is that most people in America are immigrants.
People in this country were jubilant after the election of Obama, because he promised to restore the dignity & honor of this country by bringing back the humanitarian rule of law after so many years of the Bush administration’s complete disregard for human rights and international laws. Prominent examples include such heinous acts as the torture of prisoners, rendition & kidnapping of civilians (e.g. Affia Siddiqui and her 3 children or Mullah Zaeef former Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan), secret jails (e.g. Guantanamo Bay, Abu Garib, Bagram prison), illegal wars (e.g. Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan); and other violations of international law as such drone attacks, the shooting down of a known Iranian civilian airliner in 1988 and the 1998 missile attack that killed 20 skiers in the Italian Alps. President Obama continues the same policies.
The Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum believes that the following are necessary for the US to regain her position of respect and dignity in the world: 1) for President Obama to return the Nobel Peace Prize; 2) the resignation of Secretary of State Clinton for disgracing the diplomatic honor of her office; 3) for President Obama & Hilary Clinton to give up their law degrees for failing to maintain ethical standard; 4) do not use the lie of humanitarian aid to push a military agenda overseas (The US never cries for Palestinian and Kashmiri civilians bombed by Israeli and Indian planes); 5) TPS, refuge status, for victims of war& natural disasters; and 6) to end all secret prisons, end all wars, and bring all the troops home.
Pakistanis expect their government to cancel all diplomatic visas and require all diplomats to reapply for these visas. We also demand an inquiry into the process of issuing all visas over the last 15 years visas, to avoid any repeat of cases such as the Raymond Davies affair. The Pakistani nation will not tolerate secret dealings by the Western powers to undermine national sovereignty and international law.
Dr. Muhammad Shafique
President Mr. Shahid Comrade
General Secretary
(917) 280-0840
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
MURDER IS THE BEST QULIFICATIONFR US DIPLOMAT
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Last Pharaoh and Victory of Egyptian People on Feb. 11, 2011
Hundreds of people in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut including people of conscience assembled in front of the United Nations [47th Street and 1st Avenue from 1 to 4 pm] to celebrate the victory of the Egyptian people who peacefully forced the dictator Mubarak of 30 years to run away from the occupied public face of Egypt. After 18 days and nights the struggle of the Egyptian people who stood courageously for dignity and respect and declared like the Tunisian people they will not be ruled by the agent of the imperial Western powers [U.S], saw their demand that Mubarak step down on the same day that the Iranian people declared their nation free from the hated Shah of Iran thirty two years ago. February 11 is now a day that will shine like a star because two U.S. supported dictators fell into the dustbin of history.
Pakistan USA Freedom Forum Secretary General Shahid Comrade shares the struggle of the Pakistani people against the military dictatorship supported by Washington, the Pentagon and western powers. Pakistan’s ex-dictator, General Pervez Musharraf kidnapped and sold the Pakastani sons and daughters [Dr. Afia Siddqui] and humans and sold to the Western powers [CIA].
He and his croonies [Shoukat Aziz] stole billions of dollars from poor Pakistanis and now living lavishly in London, played a similar subservient role as U.S. agent; and to this day is despised for the many crimes his dictatorial regime committed. Even now the Pakistani people suffer from his oppressive and pro-Washington policies. It was Musharraf who opened the country to the U.S. Black Water military contractors like Raymond Davis, now being held for killing two Pakistani citizens. In reality, Davis killed 4 Pakistani citizens, as Mrs. Shumaila, the sixth month long bride of one of the men shot by Davis committed suicide after learning of her husband’s death. The fourth innocent Pakistani ran over by the U.S. Conselate's four-wheeler who is coming to wisk murderer Ramon Davis. The Pakistani people are united in demanding that Davis be tried for his crime and not receive a phony ‘diplomatic’ immunity pushed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Pakistan’s foreign minister has resigned rather than bow down to the dictate of the U.S., trying to save one of their many agents sent into Pakistan.
Comrade Shahid praised the struggle of the Egyptian people and hopes that the Egyptian people will demand that the Egyptian army will never use the guns against the people of Egypt and have learned a lesson from the struggle of people from all walks of life in Egyptian society (labor peasants, workers, intellectuals, writers, men, women, students, and different ethnic groups and religions). He hopes that the Egyptian people will demand an open investigation into the bank accounts of the army generals who shared in the booty given to Mubarak over the last 10 years. If the Western governments are true to their words about justice and equality, now is the chance to prove they are men and women of honor by opening the bank accounts of the Egyptian officials and generals to reveal how much money has been deposited outside of Egypt. That dirty, stolen money (billion$, billion$, billion$) in the bank accounts of all the top office bearers of Mubarak's party must be returned to the people of Egypt. That money will help solve the economic problems of Egypt and should be given to the people and families who sacrificed their lives and were injured over the last 18 days fighting against the 30-year dictatorship of Mubarak. The rest of the money should be used to help end the extreme poverty and improve the educational system of Egypt.
Pakistan General Secretary hopes that the Egyptian caretaker government will lift the emergency rule immediately and release all political prisoners from jails as the first step toward the fair and free elections. Long live the Egyptian, Tunisian, and Pakistani peoples struggle for dignity, respect and an end to foreign domination!
Rally and celebration for the Egyptian revolution!
Dr. Muhammad Shafique
President Mr. Shahid Comrade
General Secretary
(917) 280-0840
No Indian Army PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM
82-44 243 St., Bellerose, NY 11426
Tel (718) 343-1653 or (718) 763-3543
E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com Stop Dividing
Families
End the Raids and
Deportations
Last Pharaoh and Victory of Egyptian People on Feb. 11, 2011
Hundreds of people in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut including people of conscience assembled in front of the United Nations [47th Street and 1st Avenue from 1 to 4 pm] to celebrate the victory of the Egyptian people who peacefully forced the dictator Mubarak of 30 years to run away from the occupied public face of Egypt. After 18 days and nights the struggle of the Egyptian people who stood courageously for dignity and respect and declared like the Tunisian people they will not be ruled by the agent of the imperial Western powers [U.S], saw their demand that Mubarak step down on the same day that the Iranian people declared their nation free from the hated Shah of Iran thirty two years ago. February 11 is now a day that will shine like a star because two U.S. supported dictators fell into the dustbin of history.
Pakistan USA Freedom Forum Secretary General Shahid Comrade shares the struggle of the Pakistani people against the military dictatorship supported by Washington, the Pentagon and western powers. Pakistan’s ex-dictator, General Pervez Musharraf kidnapped and sold the Pakastani sons and daughters [Dr. Afia Siddqui] and humans and sold to the Western powers [CIA].
He and his croonies [Shoukat Aziz] stole billions of dollars from poor Pakistanis and now living lavishly in London, played a similar subservient role as U.S. agent; and to this day is despised for the many crimes his dictatorial regime committed. Even now the Pakistani people suffer from his oppressive and pro-Washington policies. It was Musharraf who opened the country to the U.S. Black Water military contractors like Raymond Davis, now being held for killing two Pakistani citizens. In reality, Davis killed 4 Pakistani citizens, as Mrs. Shumaila, the sixth month long bride of one of the men shot by Davis committed suicide after learning of her husband’s death. The fourth innocent Pakistani ran over by the U.S. Conselate's four-wheeler who is coming to wisk murderer Ramon Davis. The Pakistani people are united in demanding that Davis be tried for his crime and not receive a phony ‘diplomatic’ immunity pushed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Pakistan’s foreign minister has resigned rather than bow down to the dictate of the U.S., trying to save one of their many agents sent into Pakistan.
Comrade Shahid praised the struggle of the Egyptian people and hopes that the Egyptian people will demand that the Egyptian army will never use the guns against the people of Egypt and have learned a lesson from the struggle of people from all walks of life in Egyptian society (labor peasants, workers, intellectuals, writers, men, women, students, and different ethnic groups and religions). He hopes that the Egyptian people will demand an open investigation into the bank accounts of the army generals who shared in the booty given to Mubarak over the last 10 years. If the Western governments are true to their words about justice and equality, now is the chance to prove they are men and women of honor by opening the bank accounts of the Egyptian officials and generals to reveal how much money has been deposited outside of Egypt. That dirty, stolen money (billion$, billion$, billion$) in the bank accounts of all the top office bearers of Mubarak's party must be returned to the people of Egypt. That money will help solve the economic problems of Egypt and should be given to the people and families who sacrificed their lives and were injured over the last 18 days fighting against the 30-year dictatorship of Mubarak. The rest of the money should be used to help end the extreme poverty and improve the educational system of Egypt.
Pakistan General Secretary hopes that the Egyptian caretaker government will lift the emergency rule immediately and release all political prisoners from jails as the first step toward the fair and free elections. Long live the Egyptian, Tunisian, and Pakistani peoples struggle for dignity, respect and an end to foreign domination!
Rally and celebration for the Egyptian revolution!
Dr. Muhammad Shafique
President Mr. Shahid Comrade
General Secretary
(917) 280-0840
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Peace Activists showing anger against FBI subpoenas
On January 25 2011 all over the USA people showed their anger and rage against the FBI and the Obama government policies that has been harassing the peace activists and Muslim community by issuing a new subpoena to appear in front of the secret grand juries. All activists who were subpoenaed are refusing to appear and testify. This tremendous act of resistance to government repression which was praised by many civil and constitution rights organizations in New York in front of the FBI office [26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan] and marched to the Justice Department at Downtown Manhattan. Speakers called upon President Obama to stop this dirty practice, similar to the practice of the Tunisian government and Egyptian government.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Dr Afia sentenced 86 yrs And FBI Raids
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DR AAFIA SENTENCED TO 86 YEARS + Life!!!!!!!
DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI
was sentenced on
September 23, 2010 to
86 years + life
by Judge Berman]
FAHAD HASHMI
was pressured into accepting a 15 year sentence, as he could not get real justice in the courts in the US today
The sentencing of Dr. Aafia to 86 years + life is a continuation of a whole history of unjust convictions and sentences. To mention only a few, we remind our readers of the cases of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Lynne Stewart, Leonard Peltier, Cuba 5 and the Move 9. We also mention the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been arrested and deported each year, even more now under Obama than before under Bush. Finally, we must mention the FBI raids on September 24 on houses of anti-war and solidarity activists. These activists had their computers and papers seized, and about a dozen were given subpoenas to grand juries, all because they gave political support to fighters for national liberation, whom the government has classified as “terrorists.” All these attacks on human rights are undermining the very principles that the U.S. Constitution was supposed to guarantee.
PAKUSAFF would like to thank all human rights organizations who supported Dr Aafia at her trial, especially Sara Flounders (IAC), Debra Sweet (World Cant Wait), Michelle Hunt and notably Cindy Sheehan who came all the way from Texas to support Dr Aafia Siddiqui. These women leaders spoke for courageous and brave Aafia and pleaded justice and freedom from the court. We are also grateful for the support of The Peace Foundation from Washington DC, Project Salam, Liaquat Baloch, Ameer Jamaat Islami Munawar Hassan, and Imran Khan from Pakistan, Lord Nazir, member of the UK parliament, El-Hajjmauri Saalakhan, Yvonne Ridely, the International Justice Network, Free Aafia Campaign, Radio Africa and all New Yorkers regardless of color, ethnicity, gender or kind of labor.
We would also like to thank the people of Pakistan, who have suffered a lot through the military dictatorship of Musharraf, Prime Minister Shoukat, the servant of Citibank, the floods, the so-called elected government of Benazir Bhutto (who came to power under the shameless "NRO" deal made with dictator Musharraf. He and the civilian governments that followed have given free access to American mercenaries, the FBI and CIA to come to Pakistan without any immigration papers to kidnap anyone (the so-called "missing people") under the supervision of the Bush-Obama/Blair-Brown governments.
Dr. Aafia was found guilty based only on evidence of US troops and other US agents in Pakistan. Since then, a campaign to demand that she be repatriated to Pakistan under existing agreements between the two governments. In 24 hours, over 100,000 signatures were gathered from all over the world in an e-mail petition. Pakistani government has now contacted the U.S government requesting this.
Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a victim of torture and abuse who was kept in jail on false accusations here in United States of America (the land of free and justice for all). Her trial is a shame on the US justice system. She was held without any medical treatment until the court ordered it and after Bush’s prosecutor lied by saying the Dr. Aafia refused to be seen by a male doctor. The prosecutors never turned over all the documents to the defense attorneys, even though they were required to do so and lied in saying that they did. Also, Dr. Aafia never accepted any attorney, knowing that she would not be able to receive justice in the court. Finally, the whole trial was not held in an open court, as anyone entering the courtroom or overflow room was required to give their ids.
Dr Aafia is a 36-year-old Pakistani neuroscientist, allegedly charged with attempted murder of FBI agent(s) in Afghanistan. These charges, as well as fabricated tales about her supposed ‘ties to Al Qaeda’, were spread in the U.S. media without any credible evidence. She was illegally kidnapped with her three young children in Karachi in 2003 and was taken to U.S. custody in Afghanistan where she was shot and severely wounded during an interrogation by FBI agents.
Fahad Hashmi is a 29-year-old Pakistani who has degrees from universities in New York and London. According to London Police, he allowed an acquaintance Junaid Babar to stay at his London apartment for two weeks in 2004. Babar left raincoats and waterproof socks at the apartment in Hashmi’s luggage and later on Hashmi was arrested at Heathrow Airport on June 6, 2006, and charged with providing material support to al-Qaeda. Although he was not accused of providing money or resources to al-Qaeda, he was held in the general prison population of Belmarsh Prison in England for 11 months, and then extradited to the United States, where he was held in solitary confinement for over a year without any charges. He agreed to accept a 15-year sentence because he felt that he could not get justice in the U.S. courts in the present political climate.
Contact: Shahid Comrade 917-280-0840 pakusaff@hotmail.com, Kouser Izhar 732-829-2601 kizhar1@hotmail.com, Mashal Anjum – Student Coordinator 732-570-4076 mashalanjum@gmail.com
Shahid Comrade
Secretary General (917) 280-0840
Dr. Mohammed Shafique
President (718) 343-1653
No Indian Army
PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM
82-44 243rd Street
Bellerose, NY 11426
(718) 343-1653 or (718) 763-3543
E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com
End Raids and Deportations
Stop Dividing Families
DR AAFIA SENTENCED TO 86 YEARS + Life!!!!!!!
DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI
was sentenced on
September 23, 2010 to
86 years + life
by Judge Berman]
FAHAD HASHMI
was pressured into accepting a 15 year sentence, as he could not get real justice in the courts in the US today
The sentencing of Dr. Aafia to 86 years + life is a continuation of a whole history of unjust convictions and sentences. To mention only a few, we remind our readers of the cases of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Lynne Stewart, Leonard Peltier, Cuba 5 and the Move 9. We also mention the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been arrested and deported each year, even more now under Obama than before under Bush. Finally, we must mention the FBI raids on September 24 on houses of anti-war and solidarity activists. These activists had their computers and papers seized, and about a dozen were given subpoenas to grand juries, all because they gave political support to fighters for national liberation, whom the government has classified as “terrorists.” All these attacks on human rights are undermining the very principles that the U.S. Constitution was supposed to guarantee.
PAKUSAFF would like to thank all human rights organizations who supported Dr Aafia at her trial, especially Sara Flounders (IAC), Debra Sweet (World Cant Wait), Michelle Hunt and notably Cindy Sheehan who came all the way from Texas to support Dr Aafia Siddiqui. These women leaders spoke for courageous and brave Aafia and pleaded justice and freedom from the court. We are also grateful for the support of The Peace Foundation from Washington DC, Project Salam, Liaquat Baloch, Ameer Jamaat Islami Munawar Hassan, and Imran Khan from Pakistan, Lord Nazir, member of the UK parliament, El-Hajjmauri Saalakhan, Yvonne Ridely, the International Justice Network, Free Aafia Campaign, Radio Africa and all New Yorkers regardless of color, ethnicity, gender or kind of labor.
We would also like to thank the people of Pakistan, who have suffered a lot through the military dictatorship of Musharraf, Prime Minister Shoukat, the servant of Citibank, the floods, the so-called elected government of Benazir Bhutto (who came to power under the shameless "NRO" deal made with dictator Musharraf. He and the civilian governments that followed have given free access to American mercenaries, the FBI and CIA to come to Pakistan without any immigration papers to kidnap anyone (the so-called "missing people") under the supervision of the Bush-Obama/Blair-Brown governments.
Dr. Aafia was found guilty based only on evidence of US troops and other US agents in Pakistan. Since then, a campaign to demand that she be repatriated to Pakistan under existing agreements between the two governments. In 24 hours, over 100,000 signatures were gathered from all over the world in an e-mail petition. Pakistani government has now contacted the U.S government requesting this.
Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a victim of torture and abuse who was kept in jail on false accusations here in United States of America (the land of free and justice for all). Her trial is a shame on the US justice system. She was held without any medical treatment until the court ordered it and after Bush’s prosecutor lied by saying the Dr. Aafia refused to be seen by a male doctor. The prosecutors never turned over all the documents to the defense attorneys, even though they were required to do so and lied in saying that they did. Also, Dr. Aafia never accepted any attorney, knowing that she would not be able to receive justice in the court. Finally, the whole trial was not held in an open court, as anyone entering the courtroom or overflow room was required to give their ids.
Dr Aafia is a 36-year-old Pakistani neuroscientist, allegedly charged with attempted murder of FBI agent(s) in Afghanistan. These charges, as well as fabricated tales about her supposed ‘ties to Al Qaeda’, were spread in the U.S. media without any credible evidence. She was illegally kidnapped with her three young children in Karachi in 2003 and was taken to U.S. custody in Afghanistan where she was shot and severely wounded during an interrogation by FBI agents.
Fahad Hashmi is a 29-year-old Pakistani who has degrees from universities in New York and London. According to London Police, he allowed an acquaintance Junaid Babar to stay at his London apartment for two weeks in 2004. Babar left raincoats and waterproof socks at the apartment in Hashmi’s luggage and later on Hashmi was arrested at Heathrow Airport on June 6, 2006, and charged with providing material support to al-Qaeda. Although he was not accused of providing money or resources to al-Qaeda, he was held in the general prison population of Belmarsh Prison in England for 11 months, and then extradited to the United States, where he was held in solitary confinement for over a year without any charges. He agreed to accept a 15-year sentence because he felt that he could not get justice in the U.S. courts in the present political climate.
Contact: Shahid Comrade 917-280-0840 pakusaff@hotmail.com, Kouser Izhar 732-829-2601 kizhar1@hotmail.com, Mashal Anjum – Student Coordinator 732-570-4076 mashalanjum@gmail.com
Shahid Comrade
Secretary General (917) 280-0840
Dr. Mohammed Shafique
President (718) 343-1653
TPS andDouble Standard of Obama Administration
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Double Standard of Obama Administration
Towards National Disaster in Pakistan
In July, severe floods struck across Pakistan, killing thousands of people, making millions homeless, and poisoning much of the water supply for the whole country. This has affected the entire population, as even mothers cannot get clean water for their newborn children.
For the first time, all elements of the Pakistani community are united on the demand for Temporary Protective Status (TPS). Former Prime Minister Ch. Shujat of the PMLQ issued a statement calling for TPS, and the MQM attended a meeting in New York demanding TPS (both parties, PMLQ and MQM, were part of the government of Dictator Musharraf / Shoukat Aziz, and MQM is still part of the present Gillani government).
The Obama administration could provide this TPS with a stroke of the pen. It is a humanitarian measure which does not need to go through Congress. But so far this administration has done nothing (except more murderous drone attacks on civilians violating the sovereignty of Pakistan). Even after promising legalization for all, Obama deported more immigrants.
TPS would allow all Pakistanis, regardless of immigration status, to work in their country of residence and send money home to help their families. It would mean that Pakistanis facing Deportation could be released from detention centers. It would also allow Pakistanis to go home to see their loved ones, pay respect to relatives lost in the the recent floods, and return to the U.S. This TPS should be retroactive to July.
We also request that attorneys interested in human rights charge only nominal fees for processing TPS papers and that humanitarian organizations pay all expenses for those who are in detention centers. We also ask that countries of the European Union, the Middle East and everywhere that there are Pakistanis providing low-wage labor also provide these immigrants with a similar status.
The U.S. government and other colonial powers have always attacked certain groups of people who opposed their reactionary policies. They attacked communists and other leftists from the time of the “Red Scare” of the 1920s, when foreign-born communists were threatened with deportation, until now when the FBI is raiding the homes of anti-war and international solidarity activists, seizing their files and subpoenaing them to appear before grand juries. Now they are attacking and demonizing Muslims who oppose the U.S. wars of terror against the peoples of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The U.S., and many European governments maintain a double standard by sanctioning and threatening war against Iran. This continues even as they provide billions of dollars annually to support their client Zionist state, Israel, in oppressing the Palestinian people, and providing atomic reactors and fuel to India, who continue killing innocent people in occupied Kashmir. Both Israel and India continue violating multiple U.N. resolutions in occupied Palestine and Kashmir.
Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum would like to thank all those who are participating in the fight for TPS for Pakistanis, especially the Awami National Party ,Mr. Abdullah Abid of Boston, and Attorney Saleem Rizvi. We call on all immigrant rights organizations, human rights and social justice groups to support this demand.
Finally, we would like to point out that Pak-USA FF was one of the first groups to support the TPS for Haitians after the devastating earthquake that struck their country in January. The Pakistani community has always been in the forefront of the fights against wars, torture and rendition, racism and police brutality, and for open courts, a free press and equality and civil rights for all!
Dr. Muhammad Shafique Mr. Shahid Comrade
President General Secretary
917-280-0840
No Indian Army 82-44 243 St. Bellerose, NY 11426 End the Raids and
Tel. (718) 343-1653 or (718) 763-3543 Deportations
E-mail: Pakusaff@hotmail.com
Double Standard of Obama Administration
Towards National Disaster in Pakistan
In July, severe floods struck across Pakistan, killing thousands of people, making millions homeless, and poisoning much of the water supply for the whole country. This has affected the entire population, as even mothers cannot get clean water for their newborn children.
For the first time, all elements of the Pakistani community are united on the demand for Temporary Protective Status (TPS). Former Prime Minister Ch. Shujat of the PMLQ issued a statement calling for TPS, and the MQM attended a meeting in New York demanding TPS (both parties, PMLQ and MQM, were part of the government of Dictator Musharraf / Shoukat Aziz, and MQM is still part of the present Gillani government).
The Obama administration could provide this TPS with a stroke of the pen. It is a humanitarian measure which does not need to go through Congress. But so far this administration has done nothing (except more murderous drone attacks on civilians violating the sovereignty of Pakistan). Even after promising legalization for all, Obama deported more immigrants.
TPS would allow all Pakistanis, regardless of immigration status, to work in their country of residence and send money home to help their families. It would mean that Pakistanis facing Deportation could be released from detention centers. It would also allow Pakistanis to go home to see their loved ones, pay respect to relatives lost in the the recent floods, and return to the U.S. This TPS should be retroactive to July.
We also request that attorneys interested in human rights charge only nominal fees for processing TPS papers and that humanitarian organizations pay all expenses for those who are in detention centers. We also ask that countries of the European Union, the Middle East and everywhere that there are Pakistanis providing low-wage labor also provide these immigrants with a similar status.
The U.S. government and other colonial powers have always attacked certain groups of people who opposed their reactionary policies. They attacked communists and other leftists from the time of the “Red Scare” of the 1920s, when foreign-born communists were threatened with deportation, until now when the FBI is raiding the homes of anti-war and international solidarity activists, seizing their files and subpoenaing them to appear before grand juries. Now they are attacking and demonizing Muslims who oppose the U.S. wars of terror against the peoples of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The U.S., and many European governments maintain a double standard by sanctioning and threatening war against Iran. This continues even as they provide billions of dollars annually to support their client Zionist state, Israel, in oppressing the Palestinian people, and providing atomic reactors and fuel to India, who continue killing innocent people in occupied Kashmir. Both Israel and India continue violating multiple U.N. resolutions in occupied Palestine and Kashmir.
Pakistan-USA Freedom Forum would like to thank all those who are participating in the fight for TPS for Pakistanis, especially the Awami National Party ,Mr. Abdullah Abid of Boston, and Attorney Saleem Rizvi. We call on all immigrant rights organizations, human rights and social justice groups to support this demand.
Finally, we would like to point out that Pak-USA FF was one of the first groups to support the TPS for Haitians after the devastating earthquake that struck their country in January. The Pakistani community has always been in the forefront of the fights against wars, torture and rendition, racism and police brutality, and for open courts, a free press and equality and civil rights for all!
Dr. Muhammad Shafique Mr. Shahid Comrade
President General Secretary
917-280-0840
International Call against Martial law from NY
End The Raids & Deportations –
Stop Dividing Families
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East Elmhurst, NY 11369, USA
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AN INTERNATION DAY OF RESISTANCE ;
CALLING ALL FREEDOM- LOVING PEOPLES WHO OPPOSE MARTIAL LAW IN PAKISTAN!
1. On Wednesday, Novenber 1st, realizing that the Musharev military dictatorship, operating under the protection of the United States and the imperial Western powers, was about to declare martial law, PAKISTAN USA FREEDOM FORUM (PAKUSAFF) informed Pakistanis around the world that in 72 hours there would be a military crackdown. PAKUSAFF asked all peace -loving people to mount a campaign in the streets, from Johanesburg to London, Amsterdam to New York, whereever freedom-loving Pakistanis were living. On that day there were spontaneous demonstrations all over the world against the evil Musharev regime.
2. In New York City hundreds of people went to the Pakistani consulate, to protest the fact that the US puppet -dictator Musharev had arrested Pakistan's 12 Supreme Court judges and placed the country under the the darkness of military repression. Musharev and the armed forces, protect by Washington and the Western powers shut down the government. The dictatorship forbade Pakistanis from speaking with the media, and placed a ban on journalists both from Pakistan and around the world. If anyone gave unauthorized interviews, the dictatorship promised to meet out severe punishment.
3. On Saturday, November 3rd, at 9:00 AM in New York, 6:00 PM in Pakistan, the moment Martial Law was imposed, hundreds of Pakistanis in New York came out in front of the Pakistani consolate to express their anger and outrage as the tyranny of martial law was bloodying the streets of Lahore and elsewhere in Pakistan.
4. On Monday, Nov. 5 Pakistani students at Columbia University, along with Pakistani students in other countries, in solidarity with their their fellow students in Pakistan; demonstrated against the military dictatorship, and for democracy, freedom of the press, and the restorations of the judges whom Musharev sacked. The judges had resisted the crackdown because martial law was in contradiction to the Constitution of Pakistan. But Washington's toy poodle, Musharev invalidated both the judges and the Constitution with impunity. The Musharev regime, with Washington's support has been for SIX YEARS using the Pakistani Army to murder the Pushtoon and Baluchi people near the Afghanistanian borders in Northern Pakistan, calling them "terrorists."
DEMONSTRATION SET FOR NOVEMBER 8TH
In New York and around the World :
5. PAKUSAFF USA calls out to every progressive organization, in all countries to demonstrate against the brutal suppression of freedom in Pakistan, aided and abetted by the United States and Western governments. All over the world, working people who oppose the occupation of Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, who are against military dictatorships in Burma/Mayanmar, Nepal, Egypt , and others, to join with all opponents of US and Western imperialism in Chechnya, ,Armenia and elsewhere and to unite in soldarity with the people of Pakistan in demonstrations on November 8th.
6. The New York demonstration will take place on Thursday November 8th in front of the UN at 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at 42nd Street and First Avenue.
7. To speak to an organizer of this event, call Dr. Jemshed leader of the Khybar Society 917 664 0726, or Comrade Shahid General Secretary From Pakistan-USA 917 280-0840.
8. This demonstration will precede a WOMEN'S HUNGER STRIKE, to begin on Friday MORNING November 9th at 11:00 AM. That dHUNGER STRIKE will be in support of the Pakistani women who oppose the US/Pakistani repression. It will be held until 4:00 PM on Friday at the PakIstani Consulate, 65TH STREET BETWEEN 5TH AVENUE AND MADISON AVENUE. The women are honoring the tradition of the "Mother of the Nation," Fatima Jinneh, the first woman, in 1958, to stand up against Ayoub Khan, the first dictator of Pakistan. Khan, with Washington and Western support, jailed all his opponents. Fatima Jinneh was the sister Pakistan's founding father Quid-e Azim, (the great leader) Mohammad Ali Jinneh, who died in 1948.
9. On Friday EVENING , November 9th there will be a meeting to discuss the devlopments and resistance in Pakistan at Workers World Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th Street, fifith floor. a hallal dinner will be served. 6:30 PM. call 212 633 6646
Dr. Muhammad Shafique Mr. Shahid Comrade
President General Secretary
(917) 280-0840
Stop Dividing Families
PAKISTAN-USA FREEDOM FORUM
2257 92nd Street
East Elmhurst, NY 11369, USA
Tel (718) 397-5027 or (718) 763-3543
Fax (718) 574-4333 E-mail: E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com
Free Kashmir –
No Indian Army
AN INTERNATION DAY OF RESISTANCE ;
CALLING ALL FREEDOM- LOVING PEOPLES WHO OPPOSE MARTIAL LAW IN PAKISTAN!
1. On Wednesday, Novenber 1st, realizing that the Musharev military dictatorship, operating under the protection of the United States and the imperial Western powers, was about to declare martial law, PAKISTAN USA FREEDOM FORUM (PAKUSAFF) informed Pakistanis around the world that in 72 hours there would be a military crackdown. PAKUSAFF asked all peace -loving people to mount a campaign in the streets, from Johanesburg to London, Amsterdam to New York, whereever freedom-loving Pakistanis were living. On that day there were spontaneous demonstrations all over the world against the evil Musharev regime.
2. In New York City hundreds of people went to the Pakistani consulate, to protest the fact that the US puppet -dictator Musharev had arrested Pakistan's 12 Supreme Court judges and placed the country under the the darkness of military repression. Musharev and the armed forces, protect by Washington and the Western powers shut down the government. The dictatorship forbade Pakistanis from speaking with the media, and placed a ban on journalists both from Pakistan and around the world. If anyone gave unauthorized interviews, the dictatorship promised to meet out severe punishment.
3. On Saturday, November 3rd, at 9:00 AM in New York, 6:00 PM in Pakistan, the moment Martial Law was imposed, hundreds of Pakistanis in New York came out in front of the Pakistani consolate to express their anger and outrage as the tyranny of martial law was bloodying the streets of Lahore and elsewhere in Pakistan.
4. On Monday, Nov. 5 Pakistani students at Columbia University, along with Pakistani students in other countries, in solidarity with their their fellow students in Pakistan; demonstrated against the military dictatorship, and for democracy, freedom of the press, and the restorations of the judges whom Musharev sacked. The judges had resisted the crackdown because martial law was in contradiction to the Constitution of Pakistan. But Washington's toy poodle, Musharev invalidated both the judges and the Constitution with impunity. The Musharev regime, with Washington's support has been for SIX YEARS using the Pakistani Army to murder the Pushtoon and Baluchi people near the Afghanistanian borders in Northern Pakistan, calling them "terrorists."
DEMONSTRATION SET FOR NOVEMBER 8TH
In New York and around the World :
5. PAKUSAFF USA calls out to every progressive organization, in all countries to demonstrate against the brutal suppression of freedom in Pakistan, aided and abetted by the United States and Western governments. All over the world, working people who oppose the occupation of Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, who are against military dictatorships in Burma/Mayanmar, Nepal, Egypt , and others, to join with all opponents of US and Western imperialism in Chechnya, ,Armenia and elsewhere and to unite in soldarity with the people of Pakistan in demonstrations on November 8th.
6. The New York demonstration will take place on Thursday November 8th in front of the UN at 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at 42nd Street and First Avenue.
7. To speak to an organizer of this event, call Dr. Jemshed leader of the Khybar Society 917 664 0726, or Comrade Shahid General Secretary From Pakistan-USA 917 280-0840.
8. This demonstration will precede a WOMEN'S HUNGER STRIKE, to begin on Friday MORNING November 9th at 11:00 AM. That dHUNGER STRIKE will be in support of the Pakistani women who oppose the US/Pakistani repression. It will be held until 4:00 PM on Friday at the PakIstani Consulate, 65TH STREET BETWEEN 5TH AVENUE AND MADISON AVENUE. The women are honoring the tradition of the "Mother of the Nation," Fatima Jinneh, the first woman, in 1958, to stand up against Ayoub Khan, the first dictator of Pakistan. Khan, with Washington and Western support, jailed all his opponents. Fatima Jinneh was the sister Pakistan's founding father Quid-e Azim, (the great leader) Mohammad Ali Jinneh, who died in 1948.
9. On Friday EVENING , November 9th there will be a meeting to discuss the devlopments and resistance in Pakistan at Workers World Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th Street, fifith floor. a hallal dinner will be served. 6:30 PM. call 212 633 6646
Dr. Muhammad Shafique Mr. Shahid Comrade
President General Secretary
(917) 280-0840
You Got Peace
Free Kashmir PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM FORUM StopDividing
No Indian Army 2257 92nd Street Families
East Elmhurst, NY 11369 End the Raids and
Tel (718) 397-5027 or (718) 763-3543 Deportations
Fax (718) 574-4333
E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com
YOU GOT PEACE!
Today thousands of people from around the US are marching through the streets of Washington, DC. For the last six years the prestige of the US has been going down in the eyes of world opinion. We have been lied to and deceived as the government takes over the job of the UN and tries to run the world in the name of “War on terrorism”. Afghanistan and Iraq have become quagmires for the US while at home it does not care for working people, organized labor, African-American people and immigrants. The quality of housing, education and health care have all deteriorated. The US government is only interested in those with money.
A conference of world Muslim scholars has called for a dialogue with any group that has been called terrorist just as the Bush government did with North Korea after labeling it part of the “axis of evil”. The US does not have one good friend in the world to tell it that its policies are wrong, not the EU, NATO, or the Islamic Conference.
As a result, the masses of Americans have become increasingly frustrated with the Congress for continuing to fund the war and with the Justice Department and judges for endorsing repressive legislation like the Patriot Act. The American people want resources to help rebuild the US and provide adequate health care, better education and jobs for all. They demand an amnesty for immigrant working people; this will help to unite millions of families who should not be treated as criminals. The people want their sons and daughters to return home safe before they suffer further physical and mental damage.
Abroad they want an end to the secret detentions in Guantanamo Bay and military tribunals. The American people desire a foreign policy that will again bring respect to the US by treating countries as equals. In line with this the people of Burma should be support in their fight against the dictatorship as well as the people of Nepal in their struggle for democracy and against the monarchy. Military attacks, like the one launched by Israel against Syria should be condemned and her sovereignty respected. So should that of Kashmir. And the Palestinians should be recognized in their demand for an independent state. The occupations of Kashmir and Palestine must end!
The US should halt its war of words against Iran. If the US and other nuclear powers want to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons they should start at home and reduce their own nuclear stockpiles. No country should attack or threaten to attack nuclear facilities in another country.
Bring the Troops Home NOW
End the raids and deportation, Amnesty for all immigrants end the backlog.
End supporting the dictators in the name of democracy.
Dr.Muhamad Shafique Mr.Shahid Comrade
President General Secretary
(917) 280-0840
No Indian Army 2257 92nd Street Families
East Elmhurst, NY 11369 End the Raids and
Tel (718) 397-5027 or (718) 763-3543 Deportations
Fax (718) 574-4333
E-mail: pakusaff@hotmail.com
YOU GOT PEACE!
Today thousands of people from around the US are marching through the streets of Washington, DC. For the last six years the prestige of the US has been going down in the eyes of world opinion. We have been lied to and deceived as the government takes over the job of the UN and tries to run the world in the name of “War on terrorism”. Afghanistan and Iraq have become quagmires for the US while at home it does not care for working people, organized labor, African-American people and immigrants. The quality of housing, education and health care have all deteriorated. The US government is only interested in those with money.
A conference of world Muslim scholars has called for a dialogue with any group that has been called terrorist just as the Bush government did with North Korea after labeling it part of the “axis of evil”. The US does not have one good friend in the world to tell it that its policies are wrong, not the EU, NATO, or the Islamic Conference.
As a result, the masses of Americans have become increasingly frustrated with the Congress for continuing to fund the war and with the Justice Department and judges for endorsing repressive legislation like the Patriot Act. The American people want resources to help rebuild the US and provide adequate health care, better education and jobs for all. They demand an amnesty for immigrant working people; this will help to unite millions of families who should not be treated as criminals. The people want their sons and daughters to return home safe before they suffer further physical and mental damage.
Abroad they want an end to the secret detentions in Guantanamo Bay and military tribunals. The American people desire a foreign policy that will again bring respect to the US by treating countries as equals. In line with this the people of Burma should be support in their fight against the dictatorship as well as the people of Nepal in their struggle for democracy and against the monarchy. Military attacks, like the one launched by Israel against Syria should be condemned and her sovereignty respected. So should that of Kashmir. And the Palestinians should be recognized in their demand for an independent state. The occupations of Kashmir and Palestine must end!
The US should halt its war of words against Iran. If the US and other nuclear powers want to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons they should start at home and reduce their own nuclear stockpiles. No country should attack or threaten to attack nuclear facilities in another country.
Bring the Troops Home NOW
End the raids and deportation, Amnesty for all immigrants end the backlog.
End supporting the dictators in the name of democracy.
Dr.Muhamad Shafique Mr.Shahid Comrade
President General Secretary
(917) 280-0840
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